Published Short Stories…
“At Sixes and Sevens”
Prompt: Pop-Punk Noir…
“When a former pop-punk (semi) star gets bad news, his day can only get worse”…
Stay tuned for the Stone’s Throw 2025 Anthology later this year.
Published April 2025 in Stone’s Throw: A Rock and a Hard Place Publication
“Colorado Springs, 1901”
A man believes he has found his path in life as a snake oil salesman in “Colorado Springs, 1901”. Fate may have something else in mind…
Bog Fancy, from Apparent Radiant Books, is a beautifully illustrated collection of the weird and the spooky. I am grateful for the art of Derryberry & Dute that accompanies my short story and can’t get over that gorgeous cover by Paul Lyons.
Published in Bog Fancy: Tales of the Dank
“The Talking Thing”
Read on the Kaidankai: Ghost and Supernatural Stories Podcast
Two lonely girls encounter a voice in a closet. What does it want? And should they give in to its demands to be let out…
Host and creator Linda Gould does a beautiful job of reading my short story “The Talking Thing” on her podcast, Kaidankai.
You can find the story on her website
As well as Apple Podcasts (or wherever you get your podcasts). Fans of ghost stories will want to subscribe.
“Bombay Beach, 1979”
Published in the Fall 2024 Willows Wept Review
“Bombay Beach, 1979”, a short story about climate anxiety, sisterhood, and mental illness can be found in the Fall Issue of Willows Wept Review.
Bombay Beach is a real place, and one with a history worth exploring if you are curious. Once a popular vacation destination, it began to decline in the 1970’s when flooding and increased salinity of the sea led people to flee. Now it is home to artist installations.
“Pink”
Published in the Spring 2024 Last Girls Club
“Pink” is a piece of short fiction written for Poison theme issue of the feminist horror zine, Last Girl’s Club.
“The House Sparrow”
Published by The Rosette Maleficarum, a literary journal of dreams, nightmares, and madness.
Eileen finds companionship with a sparrow that has made a home in her eaves.
“Heartless Hottie”
Published in the April 2024 Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Wonder
A horror story that takes place in the aftermath of a car accident, “Heartless Hottie” was my first unsolicited short story publication.
You can buy a copy here.
“The Toy Compass”
Published in The Night of the Geminids anthology
Friend Ashleigh Carraway asked me to contribute to The Night of the Geminids anthology. A tale of a young girl lost in the snow with only a toy compass to guide her was the result.
“Monsters, Or Teenage Girls Circa 1989”
Published in the Monster Anthology by Hidden Fortress Press in 2013
I was honored to be invited to contribute to the 2013 Monster Anthology. Unfortunately, copies are hard to come by.
Interactive Fiction…
My first foray into Interactive Fiction is a chose your own adventure called Dungeon Alive, it remains unfinished but the lessons I learned help shape the new project I am working on, All Children Deceive Christ.
Dungeon Alive is unfinished but you can click on the image to play as is stands.
All Children Deceive Christ, named after the rumor meaning behind the band ACDC's name I hear about as a kid is a work in progress. You can take a poll about Player Character by clicking on the image